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đ Series Specifications
Network ITV1
Episode Runtime ~40 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 5
Original Language EN
Creator Jeff Pope
Mrs Biggs (2012)
Created by Jeff Pope
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Ended Series Status:
This series has concluded and all seasons are available for tracking.
Synopsis
The true story of Charmian Brent (nÊe Powell), the rebellious product of a strict 1950s upbringing, and her whirlwind romance with Ronald Biggs leading to a descent into crime, most infamously 1963's Great Train Robbery.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 (Miniseries)
5 Episodes E1 Part 1
Headmaster's daughter Charmian Powell meets petty criminal Ronnie Biggs on a train. Her father disapproves and forbids her to see him. Head over heels in love, Charmian leaves home, steals from her employer, and goes on the run with Ronnie.
E2 Part 2
Ronnie returns from his tree-felling job and Charmian realises that he has been involved in the Great Train Robbery when he shows her his share of ÂŖ147,000.
E3 Part 3
Charmian has an affair with Alan but finds herself visiting a back-alley abortionist after getting pregnant. Ruby threatens to tell Ronnie unless Charmian pays her, but Charmian has a better use for her cash: financing Ronnie's escape with fellow convict Eric Flower.
E4 Part 4
After Ronnie's wanted photo appears in an Australian magazine, he moves Charmian and the boys to Melbourne, where she gets a job in a biscuit factory and he works as a building foreman. However, when his picture flashes on the evening news, he goes into hiding.
E5 Part 5
As Ron begins a new life in Rio, Charmian makes the best of things as a single mother in Melbourne. But tragedy strikes when their eldest is killed in a car accident.